Desmidiaceae

{{Automatic taxobox

| name = Desmidiaceae

| image = Micrasterias2.jpg

| image_caption = Micrasterias sp.

| taxon = Desmidiaceae

| authority = Ralfs

| subdivision_ranks = Genera

| subdivision = See text.

}}

The Desmidiaceae are one of four families of charophyte green algae in the order Desmidiales (desmids).See the NCBI [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&id=31314 webpage on Desmidiaceae]. Data extracted from the {{cite web | url=http://ftp.ncbi.nih.gov/pub/taxonomy/ | title=NCBI taxonomy resources | publisher=National Center for Biotechnology Information | access-date=2007-03-19}}

Genera

Genera accepted by AlgaeBase {{As of|lc=yes|2022|February}} were:{{AlgaeBase taxon|name=Desmidiaceae|id=4979|access-date=2022-02-18}}

Actinodontum {{small|Alfinito & Coesel}} – 3 species
Actinotaenium {{small|(Nägeli) Teiling}} – 57 species
Allorgeia {{small|Gauthier-Lièvre ex Guiry & Coesel}} – 2 species
Amscottia {{small|Grönblad}} – 2 species
Bambusina {{small|Kützing ex Kützing}} – 6 species
Bourellyodesmus {{small|Compère}} – 8 species
Brachytheca {{small|Gontcharov & Watanabe}} – 2 species
Calocylindrus {{small|(Nägeli) O.Kirchner}} – 3 species
Cosmaridium {{small|F.Gay}} – 1 species
Cosmarium {{small|Corda ex Ralfs}} – 1063 species
Cosmocladium {{small|Brébisson}} – 8 species
Croasdalea {{small|C.E.M.Bicudo & Mercante}} – 1 species
Cruciangulum {{small|D.B.Williamson}} – 1 species
Desmidium {{small|C.Agardh ex Ralfs}} – 21 species
Docidium {{small|Brébisson ex Ralfs}} – 37 species
Euastridium {{small|West & G.S.West}} – 3 species
Euastrum {{small|Ehrenberg ex Ralfs}} – 324 species
Groenbladia {{small|Teiling}} – 4 species
Haplotaenium {{small|Bando}} – 3 species
Heimansia {{small|Coesel}} – 2 species
Hyalotheca {{small|Ehrenberg ex Ralfs}} – 12 species
Ichthyocercus {{small|West & G.S.West}} – 6 species
Ichthyodontum {{small|A.M.Scott & Prescott}} – 1 species
Mateola {{small|R.Salisbury}} – 2 species
Micrasterias {{small|C.Agardh ex Ralfs}} – 93 species
Onychonema {{small|Wallich}} – 2 species
Oocardium {{small|Nägeli}} – 2 species
Pachyphorium {{small|Palamar-Mordintseva}} – 2 species
Phymatodocis {{small|Nordstedt}} – 3 species
Pleurotaeniopsis {{small|(P.Lundell) Lagerheim}} – 4 species
Pleurotaenium {{small|Nägeli}} – 85 species
Prescottiella {{small|C.E.M.Bicudo}} – 1 species
Sphaerozosma {{small|Corda ex Ralfs}} – 19 species
Spinocosmarium {{small|Prescott & A.M.Scott}} – 2 species
Spondylosium {{small|Brébisson ex Kützing}} – 31 species
Staurastrum {{small|Meyen ex Ralfs}} – 702 species
Staurodesmus {{small|Teiling}} – 80 species
Streptonema {{small|Wallich}} – 3 species
Teilingia {{small|Bourrelly}} – 8 species
Tetmemorus {{small|Ralfs ex Ralfs}} – 9 species
Trapezodesmus {{small|Kufferath}} – 1 species
Triplastrum {{small|M.O.P.Iyengar & Ramanathan}} – 3 species
Triploceras {{small|Bailey}} – 6 species
Vincularia {{small|K.Fuciková & J.Kastovsky}} – 1 species
Xanthidium {{small|Ehrenberg ex Ralfs}} – 119 species

References

Category:Zygnematophyceae families